Methods and apparatus related to associating location data with one or more entities. Location data from, for example, mobile devices carried by users, may indicate a first entity as being associated with the given location data. However, one or more affirmative user inputs may indicate that a second entity is additionally, and/or alternatively associated with location data. Accordingly, location data may be associated with the second entity. In some implementations the first entity may be dissociated from the first location data. In some implementations second location data may be identified as being associated with the first entity and the second location data may be associated with the first entity.
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1. A system including memory and one or more processors operable to execute instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to: receive, from each mobile device of a first set of mobile devices, an indication that the mobile device has navigated to a first geographic location; receive, from a plurality of users of a first set of users, where each user of the first set of users is associated with at least one of the mobile devices of the first set of mobile devices, an affirmative user input relating to a point of interest (POI); determine whether a threshold number of affirmative user inputs relating to the POI have been received from the first set of users; receive, from each mobile device of a second set of mobile devices, an indication that the mobile device has navigated to a second geographic location distinct from the first geographic location; receive, from at least one user associated with at least one of the mobile devices of the second set of the mobile devices, an affirmative user input relating to the POI; receive a request from a requesting user for information relating to the location of the POI; provide for display, in response to the request from the requesting user, the second geographic location when the requesting user is associated with a mobile device of the second set of mobile devices; and provide for display, in response to the request from the requesting user, the first geographic location when said threshold number of affirmative user inputs have been received and the requesting user is not associated with a mobile device of the second set of mobile devices.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining whether a threshold number of affirmative user inputs relating to the POI have been received further comprises determining whether an affirmative user input was received within a threshold time period of receiving an indication from a mobile device of the first set of mobile devices.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the affirmative user input comprises a directional locational query to the POI.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the affirmative user input comprises a post related to the POI by the user providing the affirmative user input.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the affirmative user input comprises an Internet search related to the POI.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the affirmative user input is indicative of a likely visit to the POI.
7. The system of claim 3 , wherein the affirmative user input is received from a user of the mobile device and further comprises confirmation by an additional action associated with the POI that is performed by the user of the mobile device.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the additional action associated with the POI includes a post related to the POI by the user of the mobile device, the post occurring after the directional locational query.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the additional action associated with the POI includes at least one of Internet searches and Internet navigation related to the POI by the user of the mobile device.
10. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, from each mobile device of a first set of mobile devices, an indication that the mobile device has navigated to a first geographic location; receiving, by the one or more processors, from a plurality of users of a first set of users, where each user of the first set of users is associated with at least one of the mobile devices of the first set of mobile devices, an affirmative user input relating to a point of interest (POI); determining, by the one or more processors, whether a threshold number of affirmative user inputs relating to the POI have been received from the first set of users; receiving, by the one or more processors, from each mobile device of a second set of mobile devices, an indication that the mobile device has navigated to a second geographic location distinct from the first geographic location; receiving, by the one or more processors, from at least one user associated with at least one of the mobile devices of the second set of the mobile devices, an affirmative user input relating to the POI; receiving, by the one or more processors, a request from a requesting user for information relating to the location of the POI; providing for display, by the one or more processors, in response to the request from the requesting user, the second geographic location when the requesting user is associated with a mobile device of the second set of mobile devices; and providing for display, by the one or more processors, in response to the request from the requesting user, the first geographic location when said threshold number of affirmative user inputs have been received and the requesting user is not associated with a mobile device of the second set of mobile devices.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the determining whether a threshold number of affirmative user inputs relating to the POI have been received further comprises determining, by the one or more processors, whether an affirmative user input was received within a threshold time period of receiving an indication from a mobile device of the first set of mobile devices.
12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the affirmative user input comprises a directional locational query to the POI.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the affirmative user input is received from a user of the mobile device and further comprises confirmation by an additional action associated with the POI that is performed by the user of the mobile device.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the additional action associated with the POI includes a post related to the POI by the user of the mobile device, the post occurring after the directional locational query.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the additional action associated with the POI includes at least one of Internet searches and Internet navigation related to the POI by the user of the mobile device.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the affirmative user input comprises a post related to the POI by the user providing the affirmative user input.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the affirmative user input comprises an Internet search related to the POI.
18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the affirmative user input is indicative of a likely visit to the POI.
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